the spurs used to be the dallas chapperals, then when they moved to san antonio, the team held a contest for the city to name the team...a little old lady came up with the spurs and it was decided then that our san antonio team would be named such.

yeh i knew. what i meant was, that name should not be used anywhere else but in New Orleans. Utah should have changed the name or given it to the hornets.

there is some rule that when you move teams you cannot change the name. that is why the grizzlies are still the grizzlies, the lakers are still the lakers, the jazz are still the jazz, and the hornets are still the hornets.